Cath Mackie
BBC News

The last ballot box has arrived at Newcastle-under-Lyme where verification and then counting can now get under way.

The NHS has been a big issue for people, Labour supporters tell us, but they are not confident of keeping hold of the seat...and it will be down to Brexit.

They are right to be worried. The exit poll predicts Newcastle-under-Lyme could go Conservative.

Sophie Calvert
Political Reporter, BBC Radio Stoke

Some seats held by Labour for decades may swing to the Conservatives tonight - especially in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire.

Stoke-on-Trent North and Stoke-on-Trent Central have both been held by Labour since the seats were created in 1950, so a Conservative MP in these constituencies would be a first.

Newcastle-under-Lyme and Crewe and Nantwich are both marginal seats - the latter held by Labour since 2017.

Crewe and Nantwich is one to watch in this election - the last time the UK went to the polls in 2017 it became the country's eighth most marginal seat.

Labour's Laura Smith took it from the Conservatives but with a slim majority of just 48.

We spoke to voters in the constituency, made up of the two towns of Crewe and Nantwich, whose priorities included the future of HS2, investment in town centres and, of course, Brexit.

Rob Mayor
Political reporter, BBC WM

The exit poll prediction has obviously reached Dudley North.

Political reporter Rob Mayor says Conservative Dudley council leader Patrick Harley "can't stop grinning".

Exit polls predict Dudley North will be a likely Conservative gain from Labour.

It's former MP Ian Austin, who had a majority of 22, quit the Labour party in February accusing leader Jeremy Corbyn of failing to tackle anti-Semitism.

Projections suggest Marco Longhi will secure 58% of the vote for the Conservatives, a 12% increase on 2017's result, and Labour's Melanie Dudley will drop about 10% to secure 37% of the vote.

The other candidates are Ian Flynn for the Liberal Democrats and Mike Harrison for the Greens.

In the run up to the election, we've been speaking to voters about the issues that matter to them.

One voter we spoke to was Colleen Bernard, who has been caring for her brother Stephen for the past three years in Wolverhampton.

With the demand on adult social care increasing, Colleen told us her views on today's election and the realities of what it means to be a carer today.

The first results aren't expected until just before midnight but an exit poll for the BBC, ITV and Sky News suggests the Conservatives are set to win an overall majority of 86.

The survey taken at UK polling stations suggests the Tories will get 368 MPs - 50 more than at the 2017 election - when all the results have been counted.

Labour would get 191, the Lib Dems 13, the Brexit Party none and the SNP 55.

The polls have just closed and we'll be bringing you the results as soon as they're declared.

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